SU Mass Comm dean attends Dev Comm workshop

by Joevic Baclayanto | Editor-in-Chief

Silliman University College of Mass Communication Dean Melita C. Aguilar attended the three-day workshop entitled “Strengthening the Competencies of Faculty Members of Higher Education Institutions offering Development Communication” at University of the Philippines, Los Baños College of Development Communication, July 3-5.

Development Communication is a branch of communication that focuses on the development of the community.

“Most of the things that were discussed there particularly on the curriculum development and the theories of development vis-à-vi what communication and development communication is all about, and then of course the technological tools that can be used in education,” Aguilar said.

Aguilar said, CMC is already bringing the learnings to the community by particularly doing the campus journalism workshop collaborating with groups and organizations.

“In our senior year we offer environmental journalism… last year i brought the class to geothermal sights; they were on a one day immersion and the students were able to meet the farmers, the organization and they were able to see the demo farm,” she added.

The SU CMC now offers development reporting, as a part of the curriculum for both Bachelor of Mass Communication and Bachelor of Mass Communication major in Broadcasting.

The college is also looking to the possibility of reviving the Masters of Environmental Communication and diploma in Environmental Journalism.

Moreover, areas of competencies on reportage, multimedia, media based learning system, quantitative and qualitative development communication research were discussed and enhanced. The event was attended by forty-five communication faculty members coming from 27 HEI’s.

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CAMPUS JOURNALISM EXCELLENCE AWARD: Diorson Baseleres, youngest son of Dr. Rosario M. Baseleres and the late Dionisio T. Baseleres, together with College of Mass Communication OIC-Dean Melita C. Aguilar (left) and Vice President for Development Jane Annette L. Belarmino at the launching of the Dionisio T. Baseleres Award for Excellence in Campus Journalism last Feb. 22.PHOTO BY Hannah Bengco

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the Weekly Sillimanian, also known as tWS, is the official weekly student publication of Silliman University, a private Christian university in Dumaguete City, Philippines. Its origin dates back to as early as 1903. Today, the paper is one of only four campus publications in the country that publishes on a weekly basis.